Your Pompadour is stupid!

Ok.....its rant time. There is a sub-genre of punk that mixes elements of rockabilly with elements of the punk rock and it is called psychobilly. It is one of the most god-awful genres to ever exist. It includes bands such as Tiger Army, Horrorpops, Nekromantix, The Meteors, etc. etc. As far as I know (not that I care to) it started in the early 80's or late 70's with the band The Cramps. I dont hate them, and I'm pretty sure they dont claim the psychobilly title (maybe they do, who knows) but nevertheless they started one of the biggest mistakes in punk rock history. (They did get Ian Mackaye into punk, so Kudos!)

Anyway, I've been to one psychobilly show in my lifetime. It was about 2 or 3 years ago. It was the local band Spooky Deville, The Chop Tops, Koffin Kats, and the headliner...Nekromantix! I'll have to say it was the worst show I've ever been to. (And yes, I've seen The Casualties live) Every single band I think had an upright bass which was just ridiculous. Every band member had the god awful mutated mohawk (and I thought that haircut couldnt get any worse) called the pompadour. OH! And the music! The upright bass just sounds bad. Like you can hear the strings being slapped and that isnt a good thing. Most of the bands have horrible vocals. Kind of like they were in their high school choir and they learned a thing or two there so they want to transfer their awesome singing ability to a crappy psychobilly band. It was probably as bad or worse then any street punk show. The crowd were a bunch of tards. Usually I'm not a pretentious person but being in that crowd of people was a self-esteem booster.

Its weird how much people will do to fit into a certain scene, and it was especially apparent at the psychobilly show. People doing everything they can to look the part, act the part, just to be a psycho. Why anyone would want to associate themselves with that scene, I will never know, but apparently a lot of people do. I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that I dont think I'll be heading to a psychobilly show in the near future, or even listening to a psychobilly band by choice ever again in my life. I will leave you with this wonderful comic, courtesy of Mitch Clem.

Love, Zach!